Estranged Son- made for an upsetting Christmas.

ernie-money

poppy10 wrote: »

I don't have kids, but I've worked with children with (alleged) mental health problems, and their parents. Usually it's the parents bringing their badly behaved brats along, claiming they have ADHD and wanting them medicated, because they lack the parenting skills to impose even the most basic of discipline on their offspring.

It's that attitude that their little darlings can do no wrong, if there is a problem with their behaviour then it must be ADHD, or it must be the school's fault, or it must be the victim's fault, or anybody's fault except the parents who raised the little thug themselves.

Dear lord! I don't want to go off topic, but I can't help thinking that if I did have a child with that type of issues, I pray and hope that the people I turned to for help would be more understanding than you appear to be!

poppy10 wrote: »

Not saying that is even remotely the case with the OP, but you wanted to know the background I was coming from.

Well, maybe not in so many words, but exactly what are you saying then...? I'm not surprised you haven't got kids, I bet you would be slightly less judgemental if you had actually experienced real 24-7 parenting...

red_devil

what happened do you still post?

Frittered_Away

red_devil wrote: »

what happened do you still post?

I'm guessing they patched things up:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3307498

I'm not a stalker, honest :rotfl:

esmerelda98

The original poster had two sons start university in the same year (see the first post), so that graduation cake could be for the other son.